{"id":322522,"date":"2026-03-10T13:48:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/322522\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:48:07","slug":"bhai-worked-out-with-broken-ribs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/322522\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Bhai Worked Out With Broken Ribs&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly a year after the release of AR Murugadoss&#8217; action thriller Sikandar, conversations about the film&#8217;s box-office failure continue. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Murugadoss earlier blamed the disappointing performance on the actor&#8217;s lack of punctuality and commitment on set.<\/p>\n<p>Now, actor Jatin Sarna, who played a taxi driver in the film, has come out in support of Salman Khan.<\/p>\n<p>Jatin Sarna Defends Salman Khan<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a class=\"sp_lnk2\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/entertainment\/bollywood\/salman-khan-cycling-exercising-despite-broken-ribs-sikandar-co-star-defends-actor-10573968\/\" rel=\"noindex,nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Lallantop<\/a>, Jatin defended Salman against Murugadoss&#8217; claims about punctuality and recalled the physical effort the actor put into the film despite health issues.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I&#8217;m not wrong, Salman sir said in an interview that he has a particular style of working. So, the director might have said, &#8216;Yes, I don&#8217;t have a problem.&#8217; Cut to: as far as I know, Seth would arrive before my call time,&#8221; Jatin said.<\/p>\n<p>He also revealed that Salman continued working through injuries while filming action sequences.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He would be exercising and cycling even though his ribs were broken and he had a shoulder issue. The taxi in the scene was very small, so it was very tough for a man to go in and out. He was doing all of that. He was there singing, dancing, and doing everything,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>According to Jatin, Salman often filmed for Sikandar after completing his hosting duties for Bigg Boss 18 every week. &#8220;He used to finish the shoot of Bigg Boss before doing his scenes. He was so tired, but he was there. He wasn&#8217;t given any leeway. So, I never found him coming late. He was working at least as much as he was expected to,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Jatin Sarna Praises Salman Khan&#8217;s Work Ethic\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jatin said he could not attribute the film&#8217;s failure to any single factor and insisted that the team had worked sincerely during the shoot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I seriously can&#8217;t pinpoint the failure on any one thing. I just know that everyone was working hard. I call Salman sir Seth. So, Seth is very hardworking. He used to come on time and work very hard. The director&#8217;s vision was shaping up very well at that time. If you analyze it that way, it&#8217;s a very wonderful story,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Jatin also mentioned that many people he spoke to after the release said they liked the film. &#8220;I watched the film on the first day of release itself. I really liked it because I knew the story, so I began thinking from that angle. And everyone else, who went to watch it with me, also liked it. A lot of people told me later also that they liked it a lot. Now, I don&#8217;t know about its overall impact,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>                  What Did AR Murugadoss Say Earlier?<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the film&#8217;s performance in an interview with Valaipechu Voice last year, Murugadoss said working with a star often changes the usual shooting schedule.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not easy to shoot with a star. Even day scenes, we have to shoot at night because he turns up on set only by 8 pm. We are used to shooting right from early mornings, but that&#8217;s not how things work there,&#8221; he had said.<\/p>\n<p>Salman later responded to the allegations while hosting an episode of Bigg Boss 18 Weekend Ka Vaar, explaining that he had been recovering from broken ribs sustained during the film&#8217;s action sequences.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Salman Khan-starrer, reportedly made on a budget of Rs 200 crore, managed to earn only Rs 184.89 crore worldwide, as per Sacnilk.<\/p>\n<p>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a data-ved=\"2ahUKEwig2dmvipWTAxVpR2wGHVBYLFsQxfQBKAB6BAgJEAE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/entertainment\/salman-khans-clean-shaven-look-goes-viral-fans-claim-pics-are-from-battle-of-galwan-sets-11172494\" jsname=\"YKoRaf\" ping=\"\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/entertainment\/salman-khans-clean-shaven-look-goes-viral-fans-claim-pics-are-from-battle-of-galwan-sets-11172494&amp;ved=2ahUKEwig2dmvipWTAxVpR2wGHVBYLFsQxfQBKAB6BAgJEAE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Salman Khan&#8217;s Clean-Shaven Look Goes Viral, Fans Claim Pics Are from Battle Of Galwan Sets<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nearly a year after the release of AR Murugadoss&#8217; action thriller Sikandar, conversations about the film&#8217;s box-office failure&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,174269,409,111,139,69,58836],"class_list":["post-322522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-jatin-sarna","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sikandar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}